Radical Self-Reclamation:

An Odyssey Against Extreme Narcissism

استصلاح الذات الجذري: ملحمة ضد النرجسية المتطرفة

Experimental/Digital Performance 2024

Have we allowed unemotional machines to dictate our deepest desires and fears?


Radical Self-Reclamation is a quiet revolt against the chaos—against wars, screens, noise, and the flood of information. A body returns to the earth, asking us to slow down, to feel again, to remember that we are still human, still animal, still nature.

A person with long dark hair lying face down on the forest floor, surrounded by fallen leaves, near a large tree with pink and orange foliage.

Short Experimental 2016
Runtime: 12 min 

Black and white poster for a film titled "Panic Attack" with various film festival laurels and awards, and some text in Arabic and English describing the film's details and awards.

Panic Attack, an urgent short experimental film, documents an element of the filmmaker’s existential crisis created by his incarceration, within one of the infamous Syrian-regime secret service detention centers for practicing basic forms of freedom of expression; denouncing the regime.

Osloob ft. Lynn Adib

Music Video 2021

Urban scene with a man standing in front of a brick and wooden building, with stylized text in Arabic and English overlayed, including the words 'OSLOOB feat LYNN ADIB' and 'YA YOUMA'.

In Paris and Beirut, "Ya Youma" is a zero-budget music video that combines different cultures and landscapes. Nidal Abdo's captivating dance performance tells a story that goes beyond boundaries. The collaboration with the musicians adds a heartfelt touch, bringing out the energy of the streets and the heritage of both cities.

Experimental Documentary/Video Art 2018
Runtime: 6 min 

Film poster for 'ESC - 963' showing a building with smoke billowing from it, a drone flying nearby, and a large red fire extinguisher in the foreground. The film is by Khaled Alwarea with a score by YaKuzan.

Esc-963 follows the everyday life of Syrian refugees in multiple camps around Lebanon. The film focuses on the generation of hope, the Syrian children whom many of them don’t know their home country, enduring impossible circumstances in tented settlements for more than 10 years.

Leil - Bu Kolthoum | بو كلثوم - ليل

Director's cut

Music Video 2019

Illustration of multiple light-colored circles with a rough texture against a dark background, with Arabic text in the center.

'Leil' music video follows 12 characters in Berlin, capturing the raw emotions of exile and longing with a haunting atmosphere.

Media Campaign 2019

Black and white portrait of Mariam Alhalak, an older woman with short hair wearing a patterned sweater, with text indicating she was born in Damascus and is the mother of the victim Ayham Ghazoul.

Interviews with eight different Syrian victims of humanitarian violations, where an unspecified number of civilians remain unaccounted for until now, tens of thousands of victims and families are waiting for the truth, accountability, and justice in Syria, today!

Media Campaign 2020

Four women holding white signs in Arabic with a large, stylized red face with glasses in the background.

"Syrian Women Towards Justice" campaign aspires to encourage more Syrian Women to join the litigation process for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria, where till 2020 more than 95% of litigants in the violation claims are men.